USA could have 3.3GW of offshore wind power by 2020

Jessica Shankleman
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New government report identifies 21 offshore wind projects planned off US coastlines

The USA currently has precisely zero offshore wind farms, but by the end of this decade it may have installed 3.3GW of capacity, according to a new government-backed report. The US Department of Energy...

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